Improvement in bee-hives



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i WILLIAM conR'rNnY; or 4nrcnvlnvv. 'ILLINos Letters Patent No. 102,917,dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 1N, BEELHIVES. n

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known thatI,WILLI1\r GoURTNnY, of Richv1ew,.1n the countyofWashington and State 'of Illi- `nois,'h,ave invented newand usefulImprovements in Bee-Hives; and I do hereby decla-re that the followingls a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference lbeing hadto the annexed drawings. making part of this specification, 'in which-'d Figure 1 is a vertical 'section of a bee-hive, embodymg myimprovements. l

Figure 2 is a section on line a: x of fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the frame dividers. f

The same letters are used in the several ligures to designateidentical'ports. c My invention relates to bee-hives of that class de-Cscribed in Letters Patent of the United States granted to me December3l, 1867 and l My improvements consist in the construction of thehoney-.frames andthe movable 'frame-dividers, and in their combinationwith the other parts of a bee-hive. y j y .'lo enable those skilled inthe art to make audnse my invention, I wllproceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

y In the'annexed drawings e' A represents the main portion ofa bee-hive,which I prefer to constrnct'in the manner set forth in said LettersPatent.` v B is la cap, placed upon the main portion "of thc hive, andcovering the surplus-honey box C, which I propose to separate from thehoney-frames by sectional honey-boards D. l

.It is not deemed necessary to describe the aboveenumerated parts indetail, as they form no part of my presenti invention, and may besufficiently understood by referring tothe drawings. y

In the main chamber of theI hive a series of movable honey-frames, E, isto be placed in the usual man- It is found to be desirable that thesides of these frames should be held a short` distance from the sidesofthe chambers. This I el'ect by screws E', screwed into the end piecesof the trames at a proper point, so that the heads of such screws braceagainst the sides of the hive, as shown in iig. 1.

By these screws the distance between the ends of the vhoney-frames andthe walls of the hive, can be' of the proper length, having asl manynotches cut'in f one side,'at equal distances apart, as it is intendedto have frames inthe hives, `such notches being made of the width of'the upper cross-bar of the flames.

After the honey-trames have been inserted in- `the hive, one divider isplaced over'` the frames at each end, so that the projections formed onsuch dividers i hold them equal distances apart.

I do not claim any particular portion of this hive independently, for Iam aware that analogous devices have been resorted to, to effect thesame purposes.

Nor do I claim, broadly, the support of the frames in both directions,for other devices have been used for the same purpose.

My claim is limited tothe particular means em ployed, and

What I do claim as my'invention, and desire'to sen cure by LettersIatent, is y The combination of the honey-frames E, constructed. withscrews l", to maintain them in their relations to the walls of the hive,and the movable frame-dividers F, to preserve thel spaces between theframes, s'nb` stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in th'epresence of two subscribing witnesses.` A Y l XVILLIAM COUR'INE Y.

Witnesses:

J. H. BARBER, W. P. Goornn.

